Blessings

Wow! To say I'm overwhelmed by God's grace and mercy tonight, would be an absolute understatement! I had to work today at Sears. Which meant that I would have to miss going to church. I, thankfully, don't have to work too often on Sundays, but am always disappointed when I do have to.  

This morning, I had an extra hour to myself before going to work. So I sat down and started reading the last book of the Old Testament: Malachi. It talks about how God's people weren't giving their best.. they were giving their left overs to him for their sacrafices. They were giving blind and lame animals. They were stealing from others and presenting those things as their offerings; instead of their own blessings. This really made me think about how often I don't trust God to give it my all.. knowing that He will bless me for being obedient. It made me think about how I don't give my best to him, but He gave His BEST to me: His Son! He gave His Son to me so that I could receive eternal life in Heaven. How selfish am I to not offer Him my best or to not trust Him with my "problems" or with my possessions, knowing that He is the One who is the Creator of it all!? Then, I got to have such a sweet prayer time. Praying for wisdom, guidance, strength, comfort. Praying for my children to receive wisdom.. for me to be a parent who entrusts my children back to Him.. just as Hannah gave Samuel back to the Lord. I want my children to grow up and be strong followers of Jesus in this wicked world. I pray that I will be a mother who does nothing to inhibit God's growth in their lives.

Today was a physically painful day for me at work. I think I must have stood too much yesterday (or something) because my pelvis was really hurting last night and today. I thought this day would never end. I had fun with my coworkers, but it was  a slow day and I kept praying that maybe the clock had just broken... since it had only moved 3 minutes since I had last looked at it (what seemed like 30-45 minutes ago!) LoL! But nope.. several people confirmed that the clock was indeed working just fine! haha.  

I came home and made some dinner and then after I had my pj's on and my contacts out, my sweet friend called me and asked if we could go out for dessert after we each put our kiddos to bed. So, I wholedheartedly agreed that it would be a fantastic idea! As I ate my dinner (my family had already eaten) I sat on the couch and got on FB. I haven't been (truly) on in a while. A high school friend who I don't talk with very often emailed me the other day and told me that God had laid me on her heart and she was praying for me. This meant so much to me and I was so grateful for this! Then, as I was on this evening, a different friend popped up in my chat and said she doesn't know why but I am strongly on her heart and she's praying for me. Then, I post how overwhelmed I am that these 2 friends who knew nothing of what is going on in my life are praying for me. My, how my God loves me. Then 2 more friends acknowledge they have felt the same way! WoW! Talk about this spiritual warfare thing and how God is providing such prayer warriors for me... I am astounded.... and grateful!

  Then, I spent some time with my children and put them to bed and went and got dressed to go back out again. I was tired and felt like when I blinked that opening my eyes back up was a real chore. However, my dear friend was very gracious to listen to my babbling as I constantly kept losing my train of thought! haha. Oh, how I needed her friendship tonight! We talked about our walks with Jesus, our marriages, motherhood while working, our friendship, our church, our desires for the future, and many other things! It was such a blessing! We shared with with each other many struggles we've had this week. Then, we decided to go home. So, I got in to my car and had to stifle a laugh at the song that was playing on the radio! I don't know if you've heard it not, but it truly blessed me! Because I know that I serve a big God who has great plans and I know that He is showing many blessings in disguise right now! Below is the url for the video and music to the song I heard playing on my radio. The part that I heard as soon as the car started? "What if your blessings come in raindrops? What if your healing comes through tears?" Ironic? Nope, I think it was totally a God thing!

You Tube Video: Blessings